Background: The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT)
conducted a revision of the 2009 guidelines by updating the evidence and …

Is depression among older adults symptomatically different than younger adults? Is it more
common or chronic or difficult to treat? Is depression in late life more likely to be attributed to …

A revision of the 2008 British Association for Psychopharmacology evidence-based
guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants was undertaken in order to …

Objective The main purpose of this review was to synthesise evidence on ECT's effects on
brain's structure. Method A systematic literature review of longitudinal studies of depressed …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is utilized worldwide for various severe and treatment-
resistant psychiatric disorders. Research studies have shown that ECT is the most effective …

This paper reviews recent research on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in elderly
depressed patients. The PubMed database was searched for literature published within the …

Speculations on the involvement of hippocampal neurogenesis, a form of neuronal plasticity,
in the aetiology of depression and the mode of action of antidepressive therapies, started to …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains an important treatment of geriatric patients with
severe depressive illness and a limited number of other severe psychiatric conditions. As the …

Introduction Present knowledge about depression in the elderly is still scarce and often
controversial, despite its high frequency and impact. This article reports the results and most …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was applied for the first time in humans in 1938: after 80
years, it remains conceptually similar today except for modifications of the original protocol …